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Parklife
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 22, 2024
- address636 Degraw Street, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineMexican
- phone3474354259
Is Parklife clean?
Parklife is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 22, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Parklife?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Parklife last inspected?
Parklife has 3 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| May 22, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 5, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
Parklife vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 21% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.